(ii llVl'OLEPIS. 



9. U. pallida ; " iVond ample tiiplicato-piunate subco- 

 riaceons, beneath (pale yellowish and) pubescent, pinnules 

 petiolate oblong-lanceolate acuminate bipinnatifid confluent 

 above, secondary pinnules oblong obtuse pinnatifid, the seg- 

 ments obtuse crenulate, sori solitary on the anterior margin 

 of the lacinife, involucres dentiform, stipes and rachis sca- 

 brous toraentose above." Cheilanlhes pallida, Bl.Eiiwn. Fit. 

 Jav. p. 139. 



Hab. Woody mountains, Province of Banlani, western Java. — " From 

 Ch. arhorcscens, Sw., this is distinguished by its frond being pubescent be- 

 neath ; from Ch. polypndioides, in the smaller and more rigid pinnules, the 

 segments shorter, obsoletely crenulated, mono- rarely poly-sorous.'' — Of this 

 and //. poli/podioides and alpina I have been favoured with portions of spe- 

 cimens from the distinguished author, but they will hardly suffice to justify 

 me in forming an opinion about them. They assuredlj border very closely 

 on //. tenuifolia. 



10. M. repeiis. Pre si ; fronds ample tri-pinnate between 

 membranaceous and coriaceous yellow or tawny green (when 

 dry) opaque, primary pinnse ovate acuminate, secondary ones 

 lanceolato-acuminate glabrous or very sparsely hirsute, pin- 

 nules or ultimate segments oblong obtuse slightly falcate en- 

 tire or pinnatifid, lobes oval-oblong obtuse bearing usually a 

 single sorus on their anterior margin, involucres small squa- 

 miforni, stipes and principal rachises glabrous yellow-brown 

 glossy aculeated. (Tab. XC. B.) Presl, Tent. Pterid. p. 

 162. Lonchitis repens, L. Swartz, Si/ii. Fil. p. 93. Willd. 

 Sp. PL V. p. 464. Cheilanthes repens, Kaiilf. Enam. Fil. p. 

 215. Ch. aculeata, Kze. in Linniea, 1850, p. 245. Kaulf. 

 in Bot. Zeil. 1823, p. 367. Hypolepis repens et aculeata, J. 

 Sm.. Siebcr, Fl. Martin, n. 373. Plum. Fil. t. 12, (much 

 exaggerated). — /3. ? inerniis ; rachises and stipes smooth (not 

 aculeated). 



Ilab. Martinique, Plumier, Sieb. I. c. n. 373, {in Herb, nostr) Jamaica, 

 Wiles, Dr. Bancroft, Purdie. Brazil ; Ilhios, Moricand, n. 2460 ; Organ 

 Mountains, Gardner, n. 19L>. Galapagos, Capt. J. Wood, K. N. Tovar, 

 CoUimh'vd, Moritz. {Herb. Sonder, n. 387). ^. ? New Grenada, Pttrrfie. — 

 Plumier's figure, which is (juoted by the older authors as an authority for 

 this plant, is, if intended for it, so exaggerated as only to tend to mislead. 

 In the absence of any better authority we have taken our figure from Sie- 

 ber's Martinique specimen, which (juite accords with our specimens from 

 Jamaica and Brazil. — I am quite unable to decide on the place of Mr. 

 Purdie's unarmed specimens ; for except that the pinnules are generally 

 more villous and somewhat glandularly so beneath, and the stipes and ra- 

 chis have no aculei, the Fern is quite that of our H. repens. 



11. H. resistens ; "frond ample coriaceous hispidulous on 

 the nerves and veins discoloured oblong the apex attenuated 



